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XXI.—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: LXXI. 
1621. bv eget hit ugandensis, Rolfe [Cucurbitaceae|; a 
Ke. Welwitsch, Hook. f., foltis repando o-lobatis et fructibus 
ovoideis griseo-villosis (nec ilo villosis) differt 
Caules subgraciles, angulati, pubescentes, longe scandentes. 
Folia late cordate ovata, oeEck tusa, 7-nervia, 8-12 cm. longa, 
4-9 cm. lata, supra sparse strigosa et crebre ‘lenticellata, venis 
haud visi; flores feminei axillares, adieiariy: pedunculati ; pedun- 
culi pubesgentes, circiter 1:5 cm. longi; ovarium ovoideum, 
copiose griseo-villosum, circiter 1-5 cm. longum: Calycis comand 
triangulari-subulata, 2 mm. longa. Corolla tubulosa, prominenter 
rotundo-ovatis 4-5 mm. longis. etn = lobata, 1 cm. lon 
Fructus immaturus circiter 3 cm. 
Tropica, AFRIcA. Uganda: Mabiri Forest, savannah near 
ite 1220 m., October, 1916, R. Dummer 2991. Flowers 
reddi 
esd ee Salvadora a eee Turrill [Salvadoraceae]; affinis 
S. oleoidi, Dene, sed foliis 3-5-nervatis, squamulis interstamina- 
at majoribus asinguenda. 
dieatiben. Folia linearia, _saepe minusve falea ita, apice acute 
saepissime 6-7 mm. sed interdum usque ad 1-3 em. lata, margine 
integra. Inflorescentia axillaris vel Seeman’, multiflora, 
ramosa, ramis glabris, floribus fere sessilibus; bracteae minutae, 
x longae, triangulares, apice acutae. Calyx 4-lobus, 
1-2 mm. longus, lobis obovatis apice rotundatis. Corolla a 
petalis 4 a basi connatis elliptico-obovatis segs 2-3 mm. lon 
et 1:25 mm. latis apice rotundatis. Stamina 4, filamentis 125 
mm. longis. antheris 0-75 m mm. longis. Sepaamiiellae 4, staminibus 
alternae, triangulares, apice plus minusve truncatae, 0- m. 
longae. Ovarium late pyriforme, 1 mm. altum, fere 1 mm. dia- 
metro, uniovulatum ; stigma sessile. Drupa immatura ovoideo- 
pyriform mis. 
Mascarene [snanps. ay clogs Tulear, P. A. Methuen; 
a savunkin’e s Bay, Bouton; Admiral Bowles; without precise 
= locality, Grevé. Aldabra Diss Dupont, 15; Cosmoledo, Foz, 
According t to Fox the local name of this plant in Cosmoledo is 
Tambalocoque 
1623. Apterantha, C. H. Wright [Amarantacae]; gen. nov. ex 
affinitate Pleuropteranihae, Franch. +, a qua perianthii segmentis 
aequalibus — differt; a Digera, Forsk., utriculo circum- 
scissili disti itur. 
Flores homens oditi. Perianthii segmenta aequalia, scariosa, 
l-nervia, imbricata. Stamina 5, perianthio breviora; filamenta 
